This is one of several training posters designed by Technical Sergeant John Falasco for Camp Wheeler, the U. S. Army base near Macon, Georgia, during World War II. Falasco had been a graphic designer before the war. Camp Wheeler, established during World War I, was rebuilt during World War II as an infantry replacement center, where new recruits were trained to replace soldiers lost or injured in combat. A War Department Basic Field Manual from 1943 describes the proper use of the kind of bayonet shown here: “The short thrust is used when an opponent is encountered suddenly or at a range too close for the long thrust. Practice will include executing the short thrust with either the right or left foot forward.”